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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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loath  Speak Example sentences
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[商业的,贸易的] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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[俗人,犯人,外行] someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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[不情愿的,勉强] unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
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[霉(因温湿而生)] growth of minute powdery or webby fungi; state of decay produced in living and dead vegetable matter
loth  Speak Example sentences
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[垂直,铅锤,用铅锤量] checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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[不愿意的,坚决反对的] strongly opposed; hateful; unwilling to do something
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
maritime  Speak Example sentences
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[剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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[海事的,海运的,海上的] relating to, or adjacent to the sea; nautical
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[困惑,茫然] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
mercantile  Speak Example sentences
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[想家,乡愁] homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
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[符号,记号] technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
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[商业的,贸易的] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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[大声疾呼,强烈抗议] strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
mucous  Speak Example sentences
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[生产力,生产率] quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
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[黏液的,分泌黏液的] slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous
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[符号,记号] technical system of symbols used to represent special things; comment or instruction
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[体格] natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
mutation  Speak Example sentences
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[(尤指食物)易腐的,易坏的] liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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[想家,乡愁] homesickness; bittersweet longing for things of past
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[分子] the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
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[突变,变异] change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
noxious  Speak Example sentences
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[突变,变异] change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
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[剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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[感到不安] disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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[有害的] harmful to living things; injurious to health
oblong  Speak Example sentences
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[长方形的] having greater length than breadth, especially when rectangular
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[拒绝,否定,取消] cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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[表示语音的] of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
onset  Speak Example sentences
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[开始,发作,攻击] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[坚定的,倔强的] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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[从业者] someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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[痛苦,悲怆,哀婉] tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
overlap  Speak Example sentences
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[生产力,生产率] quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
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[从业者] someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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[部分重叠,交搭,迭盖] representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
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[分子] the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance